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c-span. listen on the radio at -- app. it is easy to download. tch live on demand anytime on c-span.org, where you will find all the convention coverage and the full schedule. follow us at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. starting monday, 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, the c-span radio app, and c-span.org. >> texas state treasurer and richards was a keynote speaker at the national convention in atlanta. at the time, she had the distinction to be the first woman elected to statewide office in texas in more than 50 years. she would become the governor some years later. her speech is 35 minutes. governor richards: thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. buenas noches, mis amigos. [applause] governor richards: i am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to george bush all these years, i figured you needed to know what a real texas accent sounds like. [applause] twelve years ago barbara jordan, another texas woman, barbara -- [appla

c-span 3. to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. all weekend long american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of provo, utah. to learn more about the cities on our current tour visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of provo. >> read smoot was an early mormon apostle and u.s. senator. being an apostle of the church running for national office did not sit well with some. there was a long series of hearings, testimony called to occur for elder smoot before he would be allowed to sit in the senate. they called on the testimony of leaders of the church and others jobs receive smith. he was called out to testify and when they would ask him a series of questions mostly about the practice of polygamy. at the time president smith was a practicing polygamist. there's some good political cartoons related to this time period and in looking through the papers, unfortunately, i did not see any that reed smoot kept or not part of his original papers. here's a few that relate to

at 4:00 p.m. eastern on app,n, the c-span radio and c-span.org. republican national committee chair reince previous held a news conference in philadelphia to preview the upcoming democratic convention. this is about 20 minutes. >> good evening, and welcome to the rnc at the dnc. before we start with the remarks, i want to show you a quick video to get you in the mood. >> welcome to the philadelphia national airport. p.m. time is 7:31 >> [indiscernible] we are taking our mission this week of exposing clinton's lies and coverups seriously. .t has been a fast turnaround we are entering town with the wind at our back. 75% of respondents had a favorable reaction to donald trump's nomination acceptance speech, and 56% were more likely to vote for them. we are entering this week with a lot of momentum, and we expect it to continue. i want to go over a few things about the space we are in. 2300 arena is famous in the space -- in the city of philadelphia for boxing and mixed martial arts. you can see the banners surrounding you. there's a gigantic extreme

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we will have live coverage starting at 5:00 eastern on c-span two. e road to the white house goes through north carolina, today. both candidates are holding rallies. president obama will appear with hillary clinton in charlotte. you can watch that live at 3:00 eastern on c-span two. donald trump also holding a rally with a tennessee governor. >> the hard-fought 2016 primary season is over, with historic conventions to follow. what c-span as the delegates consider the nomination of the a majorman ever to head political party and the first non-politician in several decades. watch on c-span, listen on c-span radio, or get video on demand on c-span.org. seat to a front row every minute of both conventions on c-span. >> a look now at three u.s. senators who may be on the vice presidential shortlist for donald trump and hillary clinton. we will show you recent remarks -- an interview with first we talk with the editor in chief of the hill. set, editor in chief of the hill.com, part of c-span's road to the white house coverage. let's look at the democrats an

c-span. listen on the radio app or get video demand at c-span. all beginning on monday. >> each we'll we bring you films. the 2016 republican national convention is being held in cleveland, ohio. up next, a look back at cleveland in the 1966 promotional film "the power to serve," produced for the cleveland electric illuminating company. the 20-minute film shows the importance of electricity in everyday life and argues that the cleveland area is the best location in the nation [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the motion picture you're about to see is the story of northern ohio. i think you will find ate fascinating story. certainly it concerns a fascinating area. no geographical region of comparable size anywhere in the world is more abundantly blessed with the ingredients for pros territory and progress than is this 1,700 square mile strip of land stretching along the south shore of lak

follow us at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. watch every minute of the 2016 democratic national convention starting today on c-span, the c-span radio app and c-span.org. >> well, good monday morning to you. this is the first day of the democratic national convention in philadelphia. this morning pennsylvania governor tom wolf is featured speaker at breakfast for state delegates. he will be joined by john podesta and afl-cio president richard trumka. we expect this to get started shortly live on c-span2. a look at one of the most popular exhibits at the national constitution center in philadelphia. we will le conversations]. >> here at the national constitution center, which is where we are based this week, they have an area called, signers hall. c-span's john mcardle took a tour. >> welcome to the constitution center. we're the first and only museum in the country dedicated to the u.s. constitution. we're on independence mall in heart of historic philadelphia. we have three main missions at the center. of course we're a museum w

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> each week until the 2016 election, wrote to the white house rewind it brings you archival coverage of presidential races. next, john f. kennedy except his party's presidential nomination at the 1960 democratic convention in los angeles. he says his opponent, richard nixon, is an undeserving air to the dwight d. eisenhower presidency. in addition, kennedy addresses concerns surrounding his catholic faith and offers himself as the leader for what he calls the new frontier of american history. john f. kennedy defeated richard nixon in a close general election with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two candidates. the speech is just over 20 minutes and our coverage is from nbc news. [cheering] >> governor stevenson, senator johnson, mr. butler, senator symington, senator humphrey, speaker rayburn, fellow democrats, i want to express my thanks to governor stevenson for his generous and heart-warming introduction. [cheering] it was my great honor to place his name in nomination at the 1956 democratic conventio

c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> next, history professor bonnie yochelson discusses images from her book, "jacob a. reece" a complete catalog of his photographs. professor why chellson -- uses photography as a mechanism for poverty in new york city during the late 19th and early 20th century. like of congress for the book hosted this event. >> thank you everybody. i'm here to introduce bonnie yochelson. whom i was lucky enough to work on the book. bonnie is originally from the d.c. area. but she's made her long time home in new york city. she graduated from college. pursued a masters and doctorate from new york university. early in her career; he was back in d.c. working in the print room. from 1987 she was a curattor of prints and photographs at the museum at the city of new york. that's -- since leaving the museum, she's been an independent curator and photographic historians working with the new york historical society and the south sea port museum. since 1988 she taught in the msa program in the department of photography, video at the school of visual a

send us a tweet at c-span history or join us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. as we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. and an example of the evolution of america's space shuttle program. and joining us again is valerie neal. we saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. you are the curator, the chair of the space history here at the museum. and let's talk about the shuttle program. no other country had something like that. >> well, briefly, the soviet union did. they built a craft called buran that mimicked our space shuttle. but it was several years later. they flew one test flight and then retired it. they didn't really have a need for a shuttle craft. but they were very worried about what we might use ours for. and they thought they should have one too, just in case. but really, in the annals of space history, the u.s. space shuttle is unique. it's the only operational craft that's reusable. it's the only craft that was the size of a cargo freight hauling truck out on th

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c-span. listen on the c-span radio app. or get video on demand at c-span.org. you have a front row seat to every minute all beginning on monday july 18th. >>> coming up next on american history tv, we talk about tudor place and the descendants of george and martha washington. he discusses the collection of artifacts at tutor place. the daughters of the american revolution museum host this 45 minute event. >> our current exhibit is remembering the american revolution. is looking at the ways that people say things. what people saved to remember the american revolution, why they save them. what things grew out of that tradition. i'm delighted to welcome our guest here today who will talk a lot about some things that are very similar to what is in our exhibit. he comes from another museum that has a significant collection of george washington's items. it ties in very well to our collection so i'm delighted to introduce the curator at tudor place to store cass and garden. prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the james madiso

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at the convention. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live from the democratic national committee beginning at:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> british prime mr. theresa may answer questions from members of parliament in her first question times is becoming prime minister. she talked about the u.k. future relationship with europe following the brexit decision and national security concerns after the attacks in nice, france. this is almost 40 minutes. >> i'm sure the whole house will with -- which to join me in welcoming today's enjoyment figures showing employment at another record high. unemployment rate in the lowest point in a decade and wages rising. i had meetings with colleagues and its into my duties with the house, i have -- shall have for the meetings later today. i will travel to berlin to meet

it all gets underway tonight at 5:30 eastern. watch it on c-spansten with the c-span radio app and video on demand at c-span.org. and the hill writing about another one of the speakers. mitch mcconnell who was criticized donald trump's campaign. senator mcconnell has kept his distance from the businessmen come something not lost on donald trump who at a recent meeting in what he was not feeling the love from the republican leader. tuesday majorit majority leaderh mcconnell who is known for his cautious approach to tricky political situations will be under pressure to show more enthusiasm than he has so far. senator mcconnell has sometimes taken been pushed back against mr. trump's controversial comments and questions his tactics. senator mcconnell expected to speak after nine tonight eastern. read more at thehill.com. >> you have a front-row seat to every minute of the republican-democratic national conventions on c-span.org. watch live streams of the convention proceedings without commentary or commercials. use our video clipping tool to create yo

c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. it's easy to download from the apple store or google play. watch live or on demand any time at c-span.org, on your desktop phone or tablet where you will find convention schedule. follow us on c-span, like us on facebook to see video of news worthy moments. don't miss a moment of the 2016 republican national convention starting today at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the c-span radio app and c-span.org. >> senator, what is on your summer reading list? >> el, i have bigger stacks than i have time, i fear, right now i am reading the wright brothers which is the david mccullough's book. the library of congress does a great series for members of congress where they bring in authors and they talk -- they interview them. they talk about their most recent books and i had the opportunity to see david mccullough talking about this book and then they give us each a copy of the book for those of us who go to event. talk about the wright brothers and who were very interesting. you think you know because we all know about the wright brothers and they're the founders of flight, and then to hea

c-span, listen on the c-span radio app, or get video on demand at c-span.org. u have a front row seat to both conventions on c-span, all beginning on monday, july 18. ♪ announcer gone now, a look at three u.s. senators who might be on the vice presidents are short list of donald trump and hillary clinton. we were sure you were marked by republican senators jeff ernst.s and joni then, amy klobuchar. newmont -- -- >> the ones you are looking at. >> yes, and donald trump values loyalty, so this process, as you know, steve, can take a lot of twists and turns, but at the moment, there are indications, there are reports that these two are at the top, but i would not be surprised if he goes and another direction. steve: doing the vetting is the same person who worked with john mccain and sarah palin. bob: right, and back then, the vetting had to be very rushed, because the decision that mccain made was kind of last moment, but he is the same person that vetted palin, and that took some criticism after something came out after she was announced. what are the lessons? bo

follow c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. don't miss a minute of the 2016 republican national convention monday at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span, the c-span radio app, and c-span.org. announcer: in may, president obama confirmed he and his family will be staying in washington, d.c., as he leaves office in january. they will be staying in the kalorama neighborhood. presidential historian william seale joins us on the phone. for a president to stay in washington, but exactly how rare is it? mr. seale: very, very rare. the only other one was woodrow wilson who moved permanently to washington. he moved permanently to washington. announcer: and why don't most presidents stick around washington, d.c.? is it a matter of respect for the new president, or are the presidents ready to go home? think it is definitely partial respect for a new administration. but they want to go back home. i think they are glad to get home. in the early days, they had productive farms, and they want to get back to life as normal, and i think that is why they got out of town. jefferson stayed on a while. different one stayed on. mos

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follow was at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. don't miss amendment of the 2016 republican national convention starting monday at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span, the c-span radio app at c-span.org. >> tomorrow morning in new york city donald trump will announce indiana governor mike pence as his vice presidential running mate. the announcement is at 11 a.m. eastern and you can see it live on c-span. next week donald trump and mike pence will be officially nominated as the republican presidential ticket. ahead of the convention we got a look at how cleveland is preparing. >> people interested leadership of david been working for this for like 10 years to it's been a real process. the fundamental thing the city needs to be able to give to provide to both if it is like is basically have the capacity to handle it. they came may be come if you are unsuccessful in 2008 and they told at the time to lock the requisite number of photo rooms they needed but basically you need to have 16,000 of the rooms, enough nearby venues that people of places

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. >> send us a tweet at c-span history, the question is before 1976 and this building opened, where was it stored? >> so the spirit of st. louis came to the smithsonian in 1928. and it was stored in on display in the arts and industries building hanging over the traditional oak englassed cases. and so it was there more or less over the years on display in the arts and industries building, which you can still see today. but that was -- in a lot of ways this building was intended to put the spirit of st. louis in that very important spot in the milestones of flight gallery to display it. >> think about this as a moment as we listen to dave from new york. what questions and things are unanswered in terms of aviation history. think about that. let's go to dave in new york. >> caller: i just had two questions. i visited the museum in 1976 and i remember it very well when it first opened. how have the artifacts -- have any degraded over the past 40 years. what is on your most wanted list as far as things you want to collect? >>. >> those are great questions. thank you, the first question, hav

like us on facebook at c-span history. >> each week until the 2016 election, wrote to the white house rewind brings archival coverage of presidential races. richard nixon excess his party's presidential nomination at the republican national convention in miami beach, florida. in his speech, the former vice president says he would restore law and order following a year of civil and political unrest. he pledged to work to an honorable end to the vietnam war. mr. nixon defeated hubert humphrey in a close general election with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace came in third. this speech is just over 40 minutes. our coverage is from nbc news. ♪ [applause] [laughter] mr. nixon: thank you very much. much.you very thank you. thank you very much. ♪ thank you very much. [applause] [applause] thank you. delegates of this americans, my fellow 16 years ago, i stood before this convention to accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or of any time, dwight d. eisenhower. [applause] mr. nixon: eight

or listen on the c-span radio app and get video on demand at c-span.org. >> your republicantion is live in cleveland this week. watch every minute on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. it's easy to download from the apple store or google play. watch live or on demand any time at c-span.org on your desktop, phone or tablet where you will find all our convention coverage and the full convention schedule. follow us at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. the republican national convention all this week on c-span. the c-span radio app and c-span.org and on monday watched the democratic national convention live from philadelphia. >> remarks now from national republican congressional committee chair greg walden from the opening day of the rnc convention after his remarks, two election panelists talk about current polling trends and how the senate races and former rnc chair michael steele announces the election and the future of the republican party. >>. >> good morning everybody. >>. [inaudible conversation] before we get rol

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at c-span.org/history. year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to provo, utah. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> our culture is who we are and when we look back at how our ancestors lived, the life they lived and how difficult it might have been, that reflects on us because that is who we are. those are our roots. in the bits and pieces that we uncovered tell that story. the most important thing about archaeology is finding the pieces of history that complete the story. the differences over the meeting house originate with the early lds church in the eastern united states and the central united states. the meeting house for them to worship and was always there. but the problem was building one when you first arrived. so when you come to a new area, they would build a fort and for years, they would meet together in a fort for worship. the meeting house itself brings up brader cohesion to the -- a greater co

. >> send us a tweet at c-span history. this is from one viewer. the question is before 1976, before the building open, where was it stored? >> so the spirit of st. louis came to the smithsonian in 1928 and it was stored on display in the arts and industries building where it was hanging over the traditional oak and glass cases, other objects, not just aviation artifacts. it was there more or less over the years. but in a lot of ways, this building was intended to put the spirit of st. louis in that very important spot in the milestones flight gallery to display it. >> i'm going the have you think about this as we listen to dave from new york. but what questions, what things are unanswered in terms of aviation history. think about that. let's go to dave in new york. go ahead, please. >> caller: just had a question, two questions actually. i visited the museum in 1976 and i remember it very well when it first opened. how have the artifacts -- have any of them degraded over the past 40 years? that's my first question. the second question is what is o

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. >> watch the entire program tonight starting at 7:00 eastern here on american history tv on c-span 3. c-span's live coverage of the republican national convention beginning next monday in cleveland. and tonight at 8:00 eastern we will take a look at past republican conventions, including the contentious 1976 republican convention in kansas city, missouri. starting with the rules of vapor a proposal or require president gerald ford select his running mate prior to the presidential balloting process. they will also feature president ford and former california governor ronald reagan. >> we have just heard it called arms based on that platform. and a call to us to really be successful in communicating and revealed to the american people the difference between this platform and the platform of the opposing party, which is nothing but a revamp andriy issue and running of a late, late show of the think we've been hearing from them for the last 40 years. >> than 1952 convention in chicago with dwight eisenhower. >> you have summoned me on behalf of millions of your fellow americans to lead

follow us at c-span on to your. cspan on twitter. zabeth discusses rights of protesters at the national convention. in cincinnati, chrissie thompson previews the events. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning from cleveland on this monday, july 18, the first day of the republican national convention. the party plans on focusing on security today with the theme -- make america safe again. one day after three officers are killed in baton rouge, and following the deaths of five officers earlier this month in and the police shootings of alton sterling and philando castile. our question this morning -- how do we make america safe again? republicans, call (202) 748-8001 ,

convention starting monday on c-span, c-span radio app, and www.c-span.org. >> democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz has announced she will step down at the end of this week's convention. she served as dnc head for over five years, but has come under pressure after hacked e-mails favored hillary clinton over bernie sanders. a group representing bernie sanders delegates held a news conference in philadelphia, voicing their disappointment. they say that convention floor fights are possible over the vice presidential choice and party rules. this is just under an hour. >> good morning. i would like to welcome everyone to this first conference of the network. we now have about 700,000 active members online. the network is ongoing. in very active partnership with progressive democrats of america. this morning, we will hear from the executive director inside the democratic party, major player in terms of aggressive activism, organizing work, progressive democrats america, donna smith. i would like to open by giving background on how the bernie delegates network got to now and where we anticipate it will be going in the next few days. one thi

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air at 8:00will eastern in part two will air on c-span two. on c-span, a look at first ladies influencing public policy. the speakers are michelle obama's current chief of staff plus two former chief of staff describe nancy reagan's behind-the-scenes influence on the administration's approach to dealing with the soviet union. many arounde president reagan who wanted him to take a hard line against gorbachev. i have some friends who were advising at the time and they nancy inday exasperation said, why does everybody assume my husband is a warmonger. george schultz was on one side, others were on another side, but her sensitivity, her knowing where her husband wanted to go in history on the issue was extremely dispositive. she gets very little credit when she was first lady for what she did to help him navigate all of that. reputed tos, she was be able to call a spade a spade more in terms of people than he was and that got her into hot water too but she played a really important role in history. look at the first ladies influencing public policy

i think you're doing a fantastic job at c-span.e gop in this particular convention is really doing a great job of trying to morel to people who want a inclusive party. i think that they are trying their best to create a rational debate. my father is a contractor. i live in new jersey and this is the first, i have seen him engaged in a debate. he is pretty apolitical. donald trump has been a real game changer for him. it has really a people of his stature in life, people who felt like the system is working not necessarily in their favor. i like that the gop is producing a broader tent. there have been many minorities on display in front of many people. it is sort of contracting a lot of the sort of native is sick -- ativistic tendencies. i think it is great that the north has a gop candidate to work with. policethe difference of to -- deference of police once again, i wanted to say thank you for your excellent coverage. host: thanks for watching. step is jared in draper, utah, a democrat. caller: susan, how are you? host: doing just

c-span audience about. please join us. we will go to calls in just a few minute. remember, you can also tweak us using our twitter handle atteve is on the floor ready to hear from delegates. here, wife iswded nelly -- twice as many delegates here then cleveland. we will been with one from -- begin with one from louisiana. your reaction? >> i thought all the speeches were great. michelle reminded us of the great journey of our country and i think bernie today are minded us exactly why we were in this race and the campaign. it is about a vision and that everyone has a common vision and that we need to come together as one family. i was very pleased with everybody tonight. and cory booker told us we need to rest together and stand together to defeat donald trump and that is what i think we will do. >> do think we will see cory booker on the national stage? i think he may be the second black president of the united states of america. i'm hoping for it. i think today, he really inspired us all and reminded us exactly of why we are here. why we our purpose and fight for the issues we fight for every day. >> let me a colleague. a